Oil-stove



l UNITED VSTATES I PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED S. DINSMORE, OF- BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

VOIL-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent NO. 260,461, dated. July 4,1882,

' Application tiled May 25, 1882. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED S. DrNsMoRE, ofBoston, county of Suii'olk, State of Massachusetts, have invented anImprovement in Oil-Stoves, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to oil-stoves, and has for its object to renderthem more convenient than those heretofore in use.

The invention is embodied in a stove substantially such as shown inLetters Patent No. 176,609, April 25, 1376, in which the oilreservoir isprovided with supporting-pillars, on which is mounted aninsulating-plate having openings around the wick-tubes, and serving toprotect the oil-reservoir from the heatv additional perforated plateclosely fitted to the wick-tubes, and serving, among other things, toprevent material from dropping upon the oil-reservoir. In the saidpatent the pillars are shown as provided with shoulders, and the saidinsulating-plate has a series of circular openings, that lit upon thepillars above the said shoulders, which thus sustain the said plate,while the body of the stove rests upon the ends of the pillarsabove thesaid plate. By this construction, when it isnecessary to remove theplate for the purpose of cleaning the wick-tubes, which has to be donefrequently in order to keep the stove in proper condition, thestove-body has to be removed from the pillars and set aside .until thesaid plate is replaced lon the said pillars. By a subsequent inventionthe stove-body has been provided with lugs, by which it may be turnedback and sustained on two of the said pillars, thus rendering theinsulating-plate and wick-tubes accessible without wholly removing thesaid stove-top from the base or its supporting-pillars, but not',however, permitting the said insulating-plate, to be removed withoutwholly removing the said stove-top.

The present invention consists in providing the said insulating-platewith holding-notches to engage the pillars upon which the stovebody issupported when thus turned back, and with circular openings to engagethe other pillars, so that by raising the said plate until the circularopenings are disengaged from the pillars thatare free from thestove-body the' without removing the stove-bodyfrom the ,Y

base and oil-reservoir.

Figure lshows in side elevation a stove embodying this invention, thestove-top being turned back and supported only on two of the pillars, soas to render the wicks accessible, andthe insulating-plate being shownin dotted lines in the position assumed `in removing it from thestovewithout setting aside the stovetop, in accordance with this invention;Fig. 2, a plan view of the insulating-plate as heretofore constructed,and Fig. 3 a plan view of the insulating-plate constructed in accordancewith this invention.

The base a, forming the oil-reservoir and provided with the wick-tubesb, and sustaining-pillars c to receive the insulating-plate d andstove-top e, are substantially as in the said patent referred to. Thesaid pillars c are shouldered, as at 2, to receive the insulatingplated, which has upwardly-projecting portions g around the wick-tubes b, andalso has lugs 11 upon which is supported the perforated plate i, (seeFig. 1,) that is tted closely to the wick-tubes b to prevent detachedportions of the wicking from falling downto the reservoir c, and also todistribute the air 'equally to the dames, as described in the saidformer patent. The said plate d has heretofore been provided with holesj, equal in number to the pillars c, and of proper size to pass over theupper portion of the said pillars, so asA to rest on the shoulders 2thereof. This construction necessitates the removal of the stove-body efrom the said pillars before the said plate can be removed therefrom toaord complete access to the wick-tubes b. The stove-top e is shown inFig. 1 as provided with lugs m, engaging IOO the rear of the stove onlythe portion of the Wiok-tube above the plete d is rendered easilyaccessible, and that it is impossible to remove the said plate, whenconstructed as shown in Fig. 2, without previously removing` thestovetop e and setting it aside, so as to permit the plate di, with itsholesj, to be slipped ed" over the ends ot" the said pillars e. Toovercome this difficulty the plete d is, in accordance with the presentinvention, constructed as shown in Fig. -that is, having holes j to engege the pillars c at the front of the stove, und notches r to engagethe pillars c at the rear of the stove, upon which the stove-top e issupported when turned back, as shown in Fig. l. By this arrangement thesaid plate d is held in place just as positively as when constructed asshown in Fig. 2; but after the stove-top e has been turned book, asshown in Fig. l, and is supported only on the pillars at the rear, theplete d muy first be turned up on the rear pillars e as a pivot to theposition shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, thus disengaging the holes jfrom the pillnrs o at the front of the stove,

and also freeing the plate from the Wicktubes, after which it may beWithdrawn, the notches r permitting it to be disengaged laterallyfromthe pillars c at the roar of the stove without necessitating the removalof the top e. By this construction the operation ot' cleaning the stoveis lgreatly facilitated, as well as rendered much more convenient.

It is obvious that the stove-top c may be of anyusual construction,either such as is specially adapted for heating purposes or such asemployed for cooking, it forming no part of the present invention.

I claim-- l`n an oil-stove, the combination ot' the buse oroil-reservoir, provided with shouldered pillars, and the stovetopsupported thereon and adapted to be turned back and supported on aportion only ot' the said pillars, as described, with theinsulatingplateprovided with notches r to t the said pillars when supported on theshoulders thereof, whereby the said plete may be removed laterally fromthe said pillars without necessitating the removal of' the stove toptherefrom, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony Whereot1 l have signed myname to this specitication inthepresence ot' two sub scribing Witnesses.

ALFRED S. BINS-MORE.

Witnesses:

Jos. P. Livnnironn, B. ll. NoYns.

